Wow the comments for this post astound me. How the hell can Star Driver be called "cliched" and "same old, same old" when its combing mahou shoujo, romantic comedy, slice-of-life, mecha, AND shonen tropes into a single anime!?! You cannot pin down Star Driver into one genre. Just like Haruhi.

Seriously, actually watch it before you judge, because this was the best beach episodes I've ever seen. It was hilarious, plus the plot actually move forward in this episode! (Only half of it was a "beach episode" if you really want to get technical) Star Driver plays anime tropes straight, lampshade them, subvert them, deconstruct them, AND averts them to make for an extremely entertaining experience. Nothing else is like it out there. (The closest is Revolutionary Girl Utena, which is also awesome and both share the same writer)